Jimmy Cliff’s influence on the soul of reggae
by Colin Grant
Jimmy Cliff’s death last month prompted an outpouring of affection. In an augmented extract from I&I: The Natural Mystics, a social history of Jamaica, our Director reflects on Cliff’s emergence as a reggae pioneer.
Writing saved my life
by Isis Davis
'This new writing thing became part of my self-harming ritual. After I would cut, I would write...'
Édouard Glissant’s Poetics of Relation
by Taíno Mendez
The rewards of reading the deliberately complex texts of the Antillian philosopher Édouard Glissant
Yvonne Brewster remembered
by Patricia Cumper
Remembering the life and legacy of the pioneering Jamaican theatre director and actress Yvonne Brewster
Jodhpurs, Tweeds and Monocles
by Gabriel Gbadamosi
Inheriting the patterns of life marked into second-hand clothing
On not becoming an army officer
by Eric Ngalle Charles
'To this day, every time someone tells me they are an officer in the army, I first look at their knees.'
Anna Freud at the Freud Museum
by Andy Bay
An appreciation of Anna Freud's pioneering work as a child psychologist and her place in the Freud Museum, London
The rainy day has come
by Taíno Mendez
What are Caribbean nations owed with the rise of extreme weather events?
The seven lamps of writing
by Suhayl Saadi
I write because I am, and I write because I am not